Prime Minister Mark Carney promised to “think big” and lead a government that represents all Canadians in his victory speech following Monday’s election.
Carney led the Liberals to a fourth mandate. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre conceded to the Liberals early this morning, but noted the results are extremely close and he said change can sometimes take time.
Poilievre lost his own seat in the Ottawa area riding of Carleton, and after conceding defeat in his British Columbia riding of Burnaby Central, the N-D-P’s Jagmeet Singh says he will step down as party leader as soon as a new interim leader is chosen.
Here on PEI, it was a Liberal sweep.
The three incumbents who were running for the Liberals won re-election. Bobby Morrissey won in Egmont in what was a close race through most of the night until Morrissey widened the gap late in the evening. Morrissey captured about 51 percent of the vote to defeat Conservative Logan McLellan who won 43 percent of the vote.
In Malpeque, Liberal Heath MacDonald won handily, getting 57-percent of the vote to defeat Conservative Jamie Fox, who got 37 percent of the vote.
In Charlottetown, Liberal Sean Casey won re-election by getting nearly 65 percent of the vote, more than doubling Conservative Natalie Jameson, the former MLA.
As for Cardigan, Kent MacDonald held the seat for the Liberals. MacDonald earned 56 percent of the vote, easily defeating Conservative James Aylward, the former MLA, who received 37 percent of the vote.
The four winning candidates across PEI said the tariff situation with the United States and President Donald Trump dominated the early part of the campaign – and then the focus became health care for many voters.
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